Bola De Oro Chrysanthemum
by Lingfai Leung
Title
Bola De Oro Chrysanthemum
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Lingfai Leung
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Photograph - Photographs
Description
Chrysanthemums are highly evolved flowering plants. A member of the Asteraceae (Compositae) family, the Chrysanthemum is related to dahlias, sunflowers, marigolds, zinnias, and cosmos. The genus Chrysanthemum once included more species, but was split several decades ago into several genera, putting the economically important florist chrysanthemum in the genus Dendranthema.
The bloom which appears as a single flower is actually hundreds of flowers called florets. Two kinds of florets are present in a single bloom, disk florets and ray florets. For example, in the daisy-type chrysanthemum (class 7 below) each type of floret is easy to see – the outer parts are ray florets and the center or eye is composed of disk florets. For ease of identification the National Chrysanthemum Society divides bloom forms into 13 classes.
Class 1 Irregular Incurve These are the giant blooms of the chrysanthemum genus. The florets (petals) loosely incurve and make fully closed centers. The lower florets present an irregular appearance and may give a skirted effect. Bola de Oro (1992) Flower Size: 6-8 inches.
‘Bola de Oro’ is an exhibition mum of the irregular incurve type, and bears large canary-yellow flowers.Chrysanthemum is made up of both annuals, and perennials and are best known for their showy flowers
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June 8th, 2019
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